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Assimilation (free EP) Chastain Overthrust

Windfaerer Scáth Na Déithe (free EP) Endzeit (free EP)

DORHN Mordrean Sacrament ov Impurity (WA state)

— Metal Bulletin Zine P.O. Box 1339 Lake Stevens WA 98258 USA www.facebook.com/pages/The-Metal-Bulletin-paper-zine Metal Bulletin Zine #1-20: (2006-2009): Wisconsin #21-26: (2009-2010): Texas #27(2010)--now; Washington state All album reviews, news, updates below are by MMB, unless stated otherwise. -— metal programs (these are Pacific Times) Mosh Pit (Madison, WI): Monday night 9:30pm-12am WORT 89.9 fm www.wortfm.org Sweet Nightmares (Houston, TX): Thursday night 9pm-12am KPFT 90.1 fm www.kpft.org Excuse All the Blood (Olympia, WA): Friday night 11pm-1am www.kaosradio.org Metal Shop (Seattle, WA): Saturday 11pm-3am KISW 99.9fm www.kisw.com — Assimilation free EP of 80s-inspired traditional death metal (free when last checked on October 5th, 2015) The band works hard at constructing a death metal identity that places importance on the quality of the guitar playing, the instrumentation in general, the vocals and the songwriting. For instance, the guitar playing is meant so that the listener can remember it. The guitar work sounds inspired by the classics, without sounding retro, in my opinion. It's crafted well, it's catchy, with some shredding, a bit of old school melodies. Or, consider the vocals: there are subtle traits that make the growling appealing. It's not the microphone-cupping lazy-growling. It's growling that is more nuanced and with more color. You might hear some Warrior/Petrov/Reifert-ish ughs, args, woofs and screams.

According to Facebook, this is the band: Jesse Jardine: guitars/vocals Zakk Garrett: bass Stephen Shaw: drums Rene Wilkinson: guitars The band's bio states: "Assimilation is an old school inspired Death/Thrash band from Vancouver BC Canada. Jesse Jardine, the founding member, started the band in 2011 as the grind variant, Ceaseless Discharge. after many lineup changes and after developing a more cohesive and focused sound, the name of the band was changed to Assimilation.

We have been steadily playing shows building our fan base over the past year. Our members include Steven Shaw, drummer for Death Grind band Sinned. Rene Wilkinson from Vancouver thrash kings, Terrifier, and Zak Garrett from local punk rock band Brass.

We recently finished our debut ep, apotheosis. featuring four tracks written over 4 years, representing the growth of the band, and the direction we wish to continue in. The album released on September, 2nd, 2015."

The recording is called "Apotheosis" (September 2nd, 2015). 1.Apotheosis 04:53 2.Decapitated by Beasts 03:27 3.Idle No More 04:45 4.Personal Vendetta 02:49 total time 15:54 Get the music here: www.assimilation.ca www.facebook.com/AssimilationVancouver

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Chastain We Bleed Metal PURE STEEL RECORDS RELEASE: 6th November 2015

“We Bleed Metal” is what happens when the rifforama wizard of shredding David T. Chastain forms an alliance with the voice of heavy metal Leather Leone. It’s traditional heavy metal that hits all the right buttons, and what a treat this album should be for supporters of high caliber heavy metal. Mr. Chastain puts his craft in the service of songs. The balancing of shredding skill and songwriting on this album works very well. They give you fast songs, uptempo rockers, the midpace stompers, some slower moments, melodic hooks, shredding (of course!), and everything else. I am pleased with this album. It’s everything that I could have hoped. There’s real variety in the songwriting. Chastain has a discography that stretches back to the 80s and now things have come full circle. At this point, Chastain—like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon, and U.D.O—sounds like they are

having fun making the music that they want. They know how to do it very well, how to get the sound that they want. I, for one, do appreciate the work of Mr. Chastain, Leather Leone and company. It’s fantastic to have the classic Chastain sound in today’s world. It’s a bit classic, a bit traditional and a bit modern, incorporating both worlds, and it’s Chastain all the way. If you support traditional heavy metal with talent, serious guitar, real singing and rocking songs, and you have never given Chastain your support, I think this new album is as perfect an invitation as there is. Or, if you are older, and you lost track of Chastain and you are wondering whether they still got it, you might feel embarrassed for even having doubts after you hear this album, which is the second one since Leather rejoined Chastain. The previous album is called “Surrender to No One” (2013). The band is: vocalist Leather Leone bassist Mike Skimmerhorn drummer Stian Kristoffersen (Pagan's Mind, Firewind) guitarist David T. Chastain Remember: this album comes November 6th, 2015. Put it on your list. www.puresteel-records.com

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Overthrust This traditional death metal band from Botswana has an album called "Desecrated Deeds to Decease". Metal Archives says that this is the band’s debut. I have been listening to the music this week and I noticed the care that they have taken to make quality, traditional death metal that packs headbanging energy, metal music that communicates easily with listeners. It is death metal, but the music also reflects the values of traditional heavy metal: writing songs, having riffs, and rocking out. Who is this band? The band explains that “Overthrust is an old school death metal band, originating from the capital city of Kalahari desert-Ghanzi-Botswana, with the most over thrusting, underground and aggressive beats, lyrics and harsh growling vocals of death metal. The theme of Overthrust songs is about dirty deeds, reality of life and death. We criticize people claiming/pretending and faking to be Angels and by doing so judging people who are not believers,” (from their bio).

They say that they formed the band in 2008, but they became active in 2010. They released the single track "Freedom in the Dark" in April 2011. After all the time, they have the full-length album! They have persevered for metal music and now they have to show for it:

"Desecrated Deeds to Decease" (May 2015, says Metal Archives) 1.Slay the Spectator 2.Poltergeist of Torment 3.Vultures Don't Die 4.Soul to Feed 5.Desecrated Deeds to Decease 6.Psychomatic Torture 7.Welcome to the Mortuary 8.Bogus Vicars 9.Vallains See No Future

Facebook gives the following personnel: Tshomarelo Mosaka aka Vulture Thrust: voices in the night and the thunder Gakeitse Botlhalentwa aka Suicide Torment: the cannons of the end Shalton Monnawadikgang aka Spencer Thrust: the strings of the frontline Lepololang Malepe aka Godfather: the crunch Tshepho Kaisara aka Dawg Thrust: the crunch and the thunder www.soundcloud.com/overthrustmetal www.facebook.com/Overthrust-Deathmetal-band-111341558893743

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Windfaerer Tenebrosum independent Release: 22 September 2015 Have you ever heard fast, melodic black metal that also utilizes a violin? The violin is an integral part of the sound of the band, not a guest instrument. The album is the coming together of black metal and classical music for a journey of the imagination. It’s not nearly as strange as you may be thinking, and the overall sound gives the band a face of its own. Windfaerer (U.S.) is headbanging music, though, so don’t get the wrong impression. This is not some sort of experimental/weirdo band. Emperor used keyboards to enhance its black metal. Windfaerer uses the violin to enhance its black metal. What is great about the band is that the musicians believe in song-centered music, and that means that they know how to keep things on point. They seem to have a real good grasp of the idea of not making music for musicians, as if they said to themselves that at the end of the day Windfaerer is black metal and they are satisfied with that (the band calls itself “extreme metal”). This album goes a long way towards showing what the band can do. The music is fast, and the melodies and the violin give the songs the Windfaerer identity. Highly recommended for people who like the idea of melodic black metal, but that perhaps don’t like the lower quality recordings associated with black metal. Listeners into fast “melodic death metal” should find the band interesting, too.

The band is: Michael Gonçalves - vocals, guitars, bass Benjamin Karas - electric & acoustic violins JP Andrade - drums Pete Lloyd - guitars Michael Muñoz – bass www.windfaerer.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/windfaerer ** Scáth Na Déithe Free EP of black metal from Ireland; free when last checked on October 7th, 2015. Even though there is not much information about this project on its Facebook page nor on Metal Archives, for supporters of black metal looking to hear a new band this music could be very enjoyable. It's black metal, but more needs to be said about it. The music sometimes goes at a blasting speed, but that's not the only vibe. Another vibe is a massive black metal heaviness played at doom-ish tempos, incorporating melancholy and melody.

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The tremolo guitar work sounds very good in the context of the doom atmosphere and heaviness. Also, when I say doom, I do not mean super slow sloth slug lazy chord plucking. It means simply midtempo vibes. Anyway, if you are ready for black metal with a doom twist, with melancholy, look into this music. "The Horrors of Old" by Scáth Na Déithe (October 1st, 2015) 1.Their Warning 01:43 2.The Savage Hunger of the Dead 10:01 3.Within These Walls They Wait for Death 01:12 4.An Sluagh 11:01 total time 23:57 The band is: Stephen Todd: drums Cathal Hughes: vocals, guitar, bass, synth www.scathnadeithe.bandcamp.com/releases www.facebook.com/scathnadeithe email: scathnadeithe@gmail.com **

Endzeit Free EP of black metal from Finland. Last checked on October 7th, 2015. The band calls its music "raw apocalyptic black metal" and they are right to give it such a name because this is true, traditional black metal. The Marduk, Enthroned, Endstille, Dark Funeral fanatics that seek new upfront black metal to hear, Endzeit is for them. So far the band has one EP, but they say that they are working on the second one for this year. We'll see. In the meantime this EP is a good introduction to "raw apocalyptic black metal" from Finland.

This is the band's bio: "Endzeit was conceived in late 2012 when the ‘Years of Hunger’ EP was written. Intentionally set out to be a raw black metal project by Polaris, the recruitment of Schwarz on vocals, Samuli on drums and Pyry on bass has turned Endzeit into a band venturing to spread pure black metal. Lyrically the songs deal with a futureless life in a post-apocalyptic world. References to religious contexts can be found, yet reflecting a godless narrative. The inspiration to embed the decay of life, the decay of happiness and the absence of a future into the band’s musical and lyrical concept was triggered by the decay of the city of Detroit where modern capitalism has failed. Only haggard human shadows now dwell in the smouldering rubble."

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"The Years of Hunger" (September 13th, 2014) 1.Inception 2.Hunger 3.Godless 4.Life? 5.The Dawn No More Rises (Dark Funeral cover) The band is: Schwarz: guitars, vocals Polaris: guitars Pyry: bass Samuli: drums www.endzeitblackmetal.bandcamp.com/releases email: endzeitblackmetal@gmail.com www.facebook.com/endzeitofficial * DORHN Alicia Warrington's one-person groove growl metal project is called DORHN. Right now I don't have a lot of music to report to you, but I can tell you that below you can hear for yourself the two songs that are available on Bandcamp. She calls the music "brutal death metal" and "doom/sludge" and it's got some heavy grooves coming your way.

What is next for this project? Who knows? At this point, I can tell you that if you support a band like Six Feet Under and anything heavy, chugging and grooving, then you would be

the perfect person for this heaviness.There are two songs for you to hear and they are called "Levels of Hate" and "Becoming the Disease." www.dohrn.bandcamp.com/music www.facebook.com/dohrnmusic www.twitter.com/dohrnmusic email: dohrnmetal@gmail.com * Mordrean Mordrean is the one-person raw/necro cave black metal entity of Demona. At Bandcamp you can hear the complete recording, which is called "Under the Black Frost." Demona says Mordrean started in 2013.

The name reportedly comes from a "tale about a warrior who was betrayed by her clan, but after having received the dark gift she found shelter in the darkness of the night and strength to shed the blood of those who betrayed her." Mordrean is originally from Curitiba-PR, Brazil, but Metal Archives lists California, U.S. as the current residence. This is straight-up necro black metal that rages in the wild, with no regard for sophistication and beauty. The music is ugly and insane, and it sounds awesome. If you know that raw black metal is music for you, then you'll be alright, you can hang with this recording. "Under the Black Frost" by Mordrean (March 10th, 2014) 1.Under the Black Frost 06:37 2.Philosophical Winter 06:22

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3.Filhas da Escuridão 04:44 4.Pagan Coldness 04:16 5.Invoking the South Wind 03:54 total time 25:53 Listen for yourself here: www.mordrean.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/mordrean * Sacrament ov Impurity In Everett, this coming Wednesday, October 14th, 2015, Washington state black metal band Sacrament ov Impurity will do a show with Belgian black metallers Goat Torment at Tony V’s Garage.

Sacrament ov Impurity is from Mount Vernon and the band formed in 2007 with Samhain (drums) and The Butcher (guitar). In 2010 they released “A World Beheld by Damnation.” They wrote new songs and played bigger

shows, with Mayhem, Hate and Impaler.

In August of 2012 they played two shows with Hellgoat and Teratism in Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California. In 2013 they released “Anguishing in Obscurity.” Now in 2015 the band has a new album ready: “All the Colors of the Dark” 1.The Black Queen Kills Seven Times 2.Fascination 3.Cold Eyes of Fear 4.Death Rides at Midnight 5.The Iron Rose 6.All the Colors of the Dark Come out to the show and find out about the new album. Goat Torment and Sacrament ov Impurity come to Everett! www.sacramentovimpurity.bandcamp.com www.facebook.com/SacramentOvImpurity THE END October 9th, 2015